Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Joint Informational Hearing: Assembly Select Committee on Waste Reduction and Recycling & Natural Resources Committee
"COVID-19 Impacts to California's Recycling Markets"
Chairs: Kevin McCarty and Laura Friedman
10:00 am - State Capitol Room 4202
- Agenda 11/18/20
- Background 11/18/20
- CalRecycle, Zoe Heller - Presentation: "California Recycling Update: COVID-19 Impacts"
- Container Recycling Institute, Susan Collins - Presentation: "COVID-19 Impacts to California’s Recycling Markets"
- Republic Services, Pete Keller - Presentation: "COVID-19 Impacts to California's Recycling Markets"
- Strawberry Commission, Rick Tomlinson - Presentation: "Berry Supply Chain throughout Western Hemisphere Committed to Recycling"
Monday, November 16, 2020
Joint Informational Hearing: Assembly Natural Resources & Select Committee on Waste Reduction and Recycling
"Plastic in California: Impacts on Communities and the Environment"
Chairs: Laura Friedman and Kevin McCarty
2:00 pm - State Capitol Room 4202
- Agenda 11/16/20
- Background 11/16/20
- Legislative Analyst's Office, Ross Brown - Handout: "Overview of Plastics in California"
- AZUL, Andrea Leon-Grossman - Presentation: "Plastic in California: Impacts on Communities and the Environment"
- University of Toronto, Chelsea M. Rochman - Presentation: "The Growing Emissions of Microplastics and their Impacts"
- Oceana, Tara Brock - Presentation: "Plastic Impacts on the Marine Environment"
- County of Los Angeles, Rita Kampalath, PhD, PE - Presentation: "Los Angeles County Plastics Policy"
- UCLA Plastics Study
- CalRecycle, Zoe Heller - Presentation: "California Recycling Update: Plastic Impacts & Opportunities"
Monday, November 9, 2020
Informational Hearing: Assembly Natural Resources
"Expanding the Use of Prescribed Fire Including Cultural Burning to Reduce California's Wildfire Risk"
Chair: Laura Friedman
1:00 pm - State Capitol Room 4402
- Agenda 11/9/20
- Background 11/9/20
- UC Berkeley, Scott Stephens - Presentation: "Increasing Prescribed Fire in California"
- Stanford University, Mary Prunicki, PhD, MD - Presentation: "Expanding the Use of Prescribed Fire, Including Cultural Burning to Reduce California's Wildfire Risk"
- Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, Matt Dias - Presentation: Screen shot of CalFire's website re: "California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP)"
- Cultural Fire Managemen Council, Margo Robbins - Presentation: "Bringing Fire Back to the Land"
Thursday, August 6, 2020
10:00 am - State Capitol Room 4202
Bills Heard in File Order
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
10:00 am - State Capitol Room 4202
Bills Heard in File Order
Monday, January 27, 2020
Joint Oversight Hearing Senate Natural Resources and Water and Assembly Natural Resources
3:30 pm - or upon call of the Chair - State Capitol Room 437
"Oversight of the Cymric Oil Spill and California Oil & Gas Policy: How safe and sustainable is oil extraction in the Golden State?"
1/27/20 California Oil & Gas Regulator Has New Name, Focus - handout
1/27/20 Moratorium On New Approvals Of Cyclic Steam Above Fracture Pressure - handout
1/27/20 California Announces New Oil and Gas Initiatives - handout
1/27/20 Department of Conservation - PowerPoint
1/27/20 Department of Conservation - Handout
1/27/20 Senator Feinstein Comment Letter
1/27/20 Western States Petroleum Association - PowerPoint
1/27/20 Center for Race, Poverty & the Environment - PowerPoint
1/27/20 KERNEDC - Economic Impacts Kern County Oil & Gas Industry - handout
1/27/20 Video Recording of Hearing